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Most popular baby names of 1921 in England and Wales

In 1921, the most popular names in England and Wales were Mary for girls and John for boys. Here are the top 100, with how many babies got each name. The counts for England and Wales before 1996 come from a sample of local birth records, so they are much smaller than the real number of babies. The order is what matters.

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Girls

  1. 1Mary4,998
  2. 2Margaret3,771
  3. 3Dorothy3,007
  4. 4Joan2,889
  5. 5Irene2,188
  6. 6Elsie2,117
  7. 7Annie2,101
  8. 8Doris1,995
  9. 9Edith1,848
  10. 10Kathleen1,819
  11. 11Alice1,782
  12. 12Hilda1,701
  13. 13Marjorie1,623
  14. 14Gladys1,603
  15. 15Elizabeth1,595
  16. 16Florence1,524
  17. 17Edna1,485
  18. 18Winifred1,406
  19. 19Lilian1,354
  20. 20Leslie1,243
  21. 21Joyce1,227
  22. 22Vera1,123
  23. 23Ethel1,119
  24. 24May949
  25. 25Ellen925
  26. 26Lily906
  27. 27Eileen894
  28. 28Ivy891
  29. 29Phyllis865
  30. 30Catherine788
  31. 31Olive776
  32. 32Muriel769
  33. 33Betty736
  34. 34Nellie711
  35. 35Evelyn686
  36. 36Violet680
  37. 37Frances672
  38. 38Sarah636
  39. 39Agnes612
  40. 40Barbara586
  41. 41Freda551
  42. 42Ada514
  43. 43Emily513
  44. 44Doreen500
  45. 45Beatrice485
  46. 46Nora476
  47. 47Sydney473
  48. 48Jessie472
  49. 49Nancy459
  50. 50Constance456
  51. 51Mabel451
  52. 52Rose446
  53. 53Marian411
  54. 54Eva398
  55. 55Jane392
  56. 56Marion387
  57. 57Gertrude381
  58. 58Ruth358
  59. 59Gwendoline356
  60. 60Audrey343
  61. 61Norah340
  62. 62Bessie339
  63. 63Iris309
  64. 64Amy297
  65. 65Ann295
  66. 66Grace287
  67. 67Mildred287
  68. 68Lucy281
  69. 69Beryl273
  70. 70Veronica268
  71. 71Clara264
  72. 72Margery247
  73. 73Bertha239
  74. 74Marie238
  75. 75Ida235
  76. 76Martha231
  77. 77Patricia230
  78. 78Dora226
  79. 79Enid226
  80. 80Hannah226
  81. 81Sylvia217
  82. 82Peggy213
  83. 83Brenda210
  84. 84Minnie209
  85. 85Eunice199
  86. 86Eleanor197
  87. 87Mona195
  88. 88Esther190
  89. 89Helen187
  90. 90Sheila182
  91. 91Josephine180
  92. 92Emma178
  93. 93Alma173
  94. 94Eveline171
  95. 95Louisa167
  96. 96Maud159
  97. 97Millicent158
  98. 98Laura157
  99. 99Renee150
  100. 100Daisy149

Boys

  1. 1John8,547
  2. 2William6,377
  3. 3James4,456
  4. 4Thomas4,253
  5. 5George3,861
  6. 6Joseph2,441
  7. 7Arthur2,350
  8. 8Robert2,309
  9. 9Harold2,062
  10. 10Frank1,926
  11. 11Harry1,901
  12. 12Albert1,824
  13. 13Kenneth1,812
  14. 14Ronald1,767
  15. 15Eric1,690
  16. 16Frederick1,661
  17. 17Charles1,615
  18. 18Edward1,602
  19. 19Norman1,330
  20. 20Jack1,302
  21. 21Stanley1,232
  22. 22Ernest1,225
  23. 23Richard1,097
  24. 24Henry1,051
  25. 25Walter1,047
  26. 26Alfred1,038
  27. 27Francis915
  28. 28Leonard905
  29. 29Herbert879
  30. 30Cyril861
  31. 31Fred714
  32. 32David697
  33. 33Wilfred674
  34. 34Samuel655
  35. 35Jean652
  36. 36Reginald652
  37. 37Peter635
  38. 38Clifford596
  39. 39Alan591
  40. 40Donald572
  41. 41Bernard538
  42. 42Douglas536
  43. 43Raymond535
  44. 44Dennis474
  45. 45Sidney453
  46. 46Geoffrey424
  47. 47Gordon410
  48. 48Roy401
  49. 49Edwin337
  50. 50Philip320
  51. 51Lawrence285
  52. 52Denis244
  53. 53Michael239
  54. 54Maurice235
  55. 55Tom231
  56. 56Arnold229
  57. 57Percy225
  58. 58Horace220
  59. 59Victor220
  60. 60Vincent217
  61. 61Patrick216
  62. 62Cecil214
  63. 63Hugh213
  64. 64Alexander212
  65. 65Benjamin194
  66. 66Gerald189
  67. 67Anthony183
  68. 68Christopher180
  69. 69Ralph175
  70. 70Allan170
  71. 71Stephen170
  72. 72Daniel168
  73. 73Terence160
  74. 74Colin153
  75. 75Owen137
  76. 76Edmund133
  77. 77Roland131
  78. 78Edgar129
  79. 79Clarence115
  80. 80Gerard115
  81. 81Andrew113
  82. 82Gilbert109
  83. 83Derek99
  84. 84Trevor96
  85. 85Bertram95
  86. 86Alec86
  87. 87Gwilym86
  88. 88Noel86
  89. 89Derrick84
  90. 90Lewis83
  91. 91Brian79
  92. 92Matthew79
  93. 93Rowland78
  94. 94Wilfrid73
  95. 95Ivor72
  96. 96Glyn69
  97. 97Hubert69
  98. 98Jeffrey69
  99. 99Evan68
  100. 100Basil67

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Where the counts come from: the US from Social Security card records from 1880 (names given to at least 5 babies in a year; years before about 1937 count fewer people, because the cards started then), and before 1880 from Douglas Galbi's tables of a census sample. England and Wales from the Office for National Statistics from 1996, and before that from Stephen Bush's study of local birth records, a sample of about 120,000 births a year (CC BY 4.0). Scotland from National Records of Scotland. Northern Ireland from NISRA. France from INSEE, first names and last names. Italy from ISTAT (CC BY 4.0), the top 50 names a year. Berlin from the city's open data (CC BY 3.0 DE), counting only the first of a child's names. UK figures are Crown copyright, used under the Open Government Licence. US last names from the 2020 census, and before 1850 from the 1790 census. Irish last names from Robert Matheson's report on the births of 1890. Italian last names from the City of Florence (CC BY 4.0). Norwegian last names from Statistics Norway (CC BY 4.0).

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